King Cobra (1999)

Directed by

David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, natural horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lab experiment creates a giant hybrid snake that escapes into a small town. The mayor tries to cover up the killings to save a festival, so a reptile expert is brought in to catch the snake.

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What happens

King Cobra is a 1999 Trimark Pictures direct to video horror/sci-fi film directed by Scott Hillenbrand and David Hillenbrand with featured special effects by The Chiodo Brothers. Starring Pat Morita, Scott Hillenbrand, Hoyt Axton, Joseph Ruskin, and Courtney Gains, the film was released April 27, 1999. In the film, an experiment with snake venom goes wrong and a giant, genetically engineered hybrid of an Asian King Cobra and an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake escapes from his lab and into a small town. When snake-bitten bodies turn up everywhere, the mayor of the town wants things hushed up to protect the town's upcoming microbrewery festival. Expert reptile wrangler Nick Hashimoto (Morita) is then hired to bring in the snake before things spiral out of control. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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